NBS Special Publication, Issues 556-559U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
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... estimated the amounts of recoverable used oil potentially available for recycling to total approximately 1.2 billion gallons , or over 28 million barrels . Of this amount , almost 55 percent was generated from automotive or vehicular ...
... estimated the amounts of recoverable used oil potentially available for recycling to total approximately 1.2 billion gallons , or over 28 million barrels . Of this amount , almost 55 percent was generated from automotive or vehicular ...
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... estimated 160 companies reported to be re - refiners , and today the number is about 25. From a high in the early ... estimate production increased a bit in the past year . It is hard to understand why this decline could occur at a time ...
... estimated 160 companies reported to be re - refiners , and today the number is about 25. From a high in the early ... estimate production increased a bit in the past year . It is hard to understand why this decline could occur at a time ...
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... estimated 150 million gallons a year . In recent years , corporations with larger capital resources have entered the field , including Esmark , Anchor Hocking , and most recently Phillips Petroleum Company . There is great interest in ...
... estimated 150 million gallons a year . In recent years , corporations with larger capital resources have entered the field , including Esmark , Anchor Hocking , and most recently Phillips Petroleum Company . There is great interest in ...
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... estimates were made showing impacts and tradeoffs involved as any given scenario of future events played itself out . An important instrument for decision making under uncertainty is a model of the system . The model is used to generate ...
... estimates were made showing impacts and tradeoffs involved as any given scenario of future events played itself out . An important instrument for decision making under uncertainty is a model of the system . The model is used to generate ...
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... estimated to comprise about 65 percent of the residual dissolved lead not removed by ultracentrifugation . Inasmuch as no collection of crankcase oil samples has yet been speciated for lead , we cannot yet infer that this result is ...
... estimated to comprise about 65 percent of the residual dissolved lead not removed by ultracentrifugation . Inasmuch as no collection of crankcase oil samples has yet been speciated for lead , we cannot yet infer that this result is ...
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